Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 203.

ALLIED FORCES BATTLE TO SAVE POHANG

House,Senate Groups Favor Doctor Draft Draft Os Doctors Moves Big Step Neorer Enactment Washington. Ault. 29 — (UP) — The doctors’ draft moved a lux step nearer enactment today. The house armed servb-es com mittee 'unanimously ap|>roved a bill under which doctor*, dentists, and a score of "allied specialists" under 46 would lie . liable Io 21 HHHrthic of military service Committee chairman tar I Vln »oa. D. Oa. said lie will call lite bill up for house debate tumorrow The senate soon will conaider a similar blll.ci. The bouse measure Is aimed primarily at mime 5.000 doctors and 2 «o<> dentists who were trained at government expense 111 the last War but saw little If any active servii e They would be dialled firm. The bill contains a provision under which doctors <;»Ub! ■ l*eat the draft by joining the reserves Men dratted under the hill would to* inducted as privates and then commissioned according to , their atge gtid expyrle.m'e., , The defense department asked for the doctors draft betause Os the Korean war and to avoid recalling to duty many dialers who served a long time in World War II Other congressional developments. Controls Secretary of agvtewb* t tare Charles F. Brannan told congreas that food price .-ontewia 'are not now needed " Hn ohjectid. to an alUuuiuthing wage price ■’ —control f.Tovlst’vo . approved by Ihe senate Quotations A witness at the senate wire tapping hearings <|uot ed the late Sen Josiah W Hailey. I |> .X c. as having called Sen rtwen ifrewster It M»- "i«» - nib al prostitute Beads The house approved a bill > p provide tl.lsv.ntMi.W" in federal aid-to highways it goes to the senate for final congressional action MacArthur Speaker Sam Rayburn suggested that lien Douglas MwrArtbnr refrain from pro n„oum ementg on foreign policy like the Formos.* statement President Truman made him recall Rayburn said ".MacArthur has u great jolt to do If he stays in his own field and doesn't try tn ran the foreign policy of the United Statue " UMT- The chairmen of the senate and house v armed services committee said after a meeting with—President Truman that, .the president will issue a statentent shortly clarifying , his position on universal military training The. defense department wants action now on UMT Subversives The House appeared ready to approve communist control legislation today 4-H Dairy Club Members To Fair All 4-H 'dairy club member* who completed their project This year will go to the state fair Saturday with all expenses, paid. Roy L Price,Chairman of the adult dairy calf duh committee, said today The committee has secured two large buses to take the group to the fair, and made all arrange ments for the trfpr Members of the <-<sniftlttee will accompany the luiya and girls Buses will leave Itecalur from the post office at 7 '3» a m Saturday. Coppeh* Corners. 7 40 a m and Herne, junction of Ilk and 27. at 7:5£ a. m Several, other hue loads of 4’H members and leaders will also leave for the fair Saturday. Myron Lehman Named As School Principal Myron I-ehman. for several year* teacher and coach at the Monmouth high achool, has accepted a position a* principal of the Jackson* township centralised school In Allen county. Anouncement of Mhman’s appointment wss made hy Lawrence E Foote. Allen county school superintendent

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Cash Donations To Center Now SBI,OOO 'Quarterly Meeting Held Last Evening Cash donations to the Decatur Memorial Foundation. Inc . for the proposed Community Center total 881.546.2*. Theodore F. tlraliker. treasurer of the fund, reported to the directors al the quarterly meeting’ of the body last evening. Payments since May 31 were approximately 819,000. the treasurer’s report showed, -= Carl C Pumphrey, president of Ihe jFoumlaUuti__4iri-ibled _J»t__ lhe meeting, which was held at the First State Hank The directors approved the naming of chairmen for several permanent < ommlttees, which Pumphrey proposer! should be appointed to continue the work of the Foundation and with au eye direr terf toward con st ruction .of the building <’ I Flnlayaon. plant manager of Central Soya company ami K. W lasnkenatt, manager of the Decatur General Electric plant, were numed co-chairman of the building commute,* J Ward Callaml. director of the American Soybean Association, was named chairman of the pledge review committee Charles D Ehlnger. president id the Cltigena Telephone-company, will head the permanent pledge i am not tee -..-Itadlkstr. also . reppptej that do- i nors to the fund Were Seeping up their payments-and that the fund , was growing each day It is en-. couraglng to observe the aim er-1 4ly displayed by.many donors who call at the hank and make-pay-1 meat on their pledge*. Payments gv small ae fl a week are made ■Wf i few persona and they are a* I vitally tut erest e«l in making tlral gmyment toward the Community (’enter as (he largest -cunte&tttor.'* Graliker said With rw*w resUTRiTs ninving'f <> Decat u.*, »he directors outlined a plan of approaching them to contribute to tlie Foundation fund I Tbe-e new citizens will be con ta» teil by the permanent pledge * iHttWlVr.—ltertderl •' In - view of the. suTisTantiur amount already received by the ? ,Fi>tft>datn»n. an effort will be made to run' the total ftp to llOb.ndti hy the end. the yvnr. Pumphrey said. * Central Soya company made a payment exf eeding $21,000 at the, end of half of the year. ■ ontributing $1 for every $2 raised Um ally An additional payment will be made at the end of the year based on collections from Inly to I M ember 31. fiecaiiso of tax features of the federal law. many individuals and biplness fU’tns are planning to make paymif'fit in full Indore the end of the year. Oa liker explained. Finlayson and will appoint a committee so discuss prot»o«ed building plana* ami siflfr improvement. The directors feel that the state highway commis sion should be contacted as to the prospect of obtaining a new briitge at Monroe street and elevation of the highway to < bridge floor grade These matters will Im* taken up by the building com m it tee. Henry A. Smifley Dies At Van Wert Funeral Services Set For Wednesday flchry A Smltley. fil. » former revident of Decatur, died Monday at his home in Van Wert. .O, following a heart attack He had been custodian of the Van Wert fairgrounds for the past five years He was born in Ross county, <>.. Dee 9. ISHS. a sun of Mr. and Mrs John Smitley - He waa a member of the Emanuel Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife. 'Viola; three sons. Junior, at home; Harold of Portland and Robert of Van Wert: four brothers. Rollle and Floyd Smitley of Decatur. Charles of Berne and William of Sturgis. Mich.; four sisters. Mrs. Hertha Foreman of Decatur. Mrs , Clara Edgell of Pleasant Mills. Mrs Ella Speakman of near Decatur and Mrs. Anna Collins of Oregon, and 1* grandchildren Funeral services will he held at 2pm Wednesday at the Emanuel iattheran church at Van Wert, with burial in the Decatur cemetery

Railroad Operations As Usual ■MIHMHMI/ - ‘ J - ’ r I r j A 13 Idi -t J > '***'*’i v RAILROAD OPERATION* "will go on as liefore." Flrat Army public relations chief Col. Roswell RosAngren tseeond from right) announces in office of Gustav Metiman. New York Central president who becomes a t-tdi.uel along with six other railroad presidents under government seixure of the roads Io prevent a walkout of tralnmen-and conductors. From left; Maj. Roy T- Quint, liaison officer for Metxmsn s eastern region: Lt Col Milton R Hlum, executive officer: Rosengren. Lt. Col Lawrence W. Lougee, judge tuLrocate gem-ral Military staff of 5o stuifrols I>s railroads.

Rev. 0. A. Krehbiel To Head Mennonites | ~ Berne Pastor Named National President The Rev. Olin A Krrhbiri. pastor of th*- _FI rut MpnnonTtp chwrch u»r Be'iiw. and for many years prominent in activities of the MenininlD cbiiriih in ihe L nited States, was.— felft-Lcd president of that group of 50,mm persons for a period of; three year« at the 82nd session ofi the general conference being held This week at Freeman. S. D Kev *l< reh hit’l ha« served as .vice*. ’1 prewidt bf «»f fbc* iirotrp wnr* take his’offfce a» president at the ( lost of the eonclaVe which will be in st jtftion all of-this week. Elec lion of Rev Krehbiel was on the Hist ballot of-voting Monday. He succeed* Rev J. N. Sinucker. of Bluffton. <) . who hu> served e as ■ president for sis years Thrr»- are no nibfr* of the? group in the United States and t’aimda and there are several mH-1 standing Mennonite rhurrhes' in! northern Indiana More than l.fttxii visitors and delegates a/e meeting) at th« small South Dakota town. Other ojfirers elected a! the, Monday m ssiori include: the Rev. H X Harder, Aberdeen. Rlaho. • vj<^ej)resident* the Rev. Walter HJ Dyck Whitewater, Kans . secretary Rev Krehblels father, the late Rev C. E Krehbiel. served as president of the Mennonite conference Tor six years. British Send First Troops lido Korea <1 1,500 Infantrymen Reach Korean Port A South Korean Port. Aug 29 — il’Pt Firm Brltiah troop* to join I’nit'i-d Nation* forcru in Kortu marched ashore today with Scottish skirling and ready for battle -: — Two British warship* tha t ’ brouglit the 1,50# infantrymen of | two crack battalions from Hong Kong pulled iuto*port shortly after noon An American army band played "God Save. The King" and the British flag was raised as the carrier HMS Unicom and the cruiser UMS Ceylon docked Klltled bagpipers on the after gunmountk of the Ceylon played aa Maj. R A Gwyn, the first Britisher to land, descended the gangplank of the Unicorn, at 12:V5 pm (8:55 p.m. CST Monday). Gwyn is from Helyensburgh, Scotland. Brig. B. A. Coad, commander of the troops, the Ist battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Ist battalion of the Middlesex regiment, greeted his nlten Fifty Korean achool girls dressed .In their conventional black skirts and white blouses carried flowers and stood under a banner reading ’’welcome UN forces." The banner bore British. American and tTwrn Ts race Bls)

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New Teacher Hired At Decatur School' Von L Staffer, of Plymouth, has l»een hired to replace Hugh Andrews as teacher at the Decatur high school. Walter J. Krick, au perlntendent. said toda>. Andrews resigned several weeks ago to become principal of Adams L .acjMiaL. tsioffer, * June graduate of Bal? Sta*e Teachers College, will teach general science, biology, and sociul studies Merritt J. Alger will teach the geometry -and algebra i courses which Andrews taught I lasj year. Council Approves 1951 City Budget Fixes Decatur Civil Tax Rate At $1.09 The council in special session last evening approved the 1851 budget | for the city government and fixed the lax rate payable on emh fIOO ! of taxable, property at 81.0!). No objections or remonstrances , were filed with the council agaiust ■ tile proposed budget Dick Pruden. ! executive secretary of the Cha'mber I of Commerce, was the only observ er at the meeffng. He did not offer any objections to the proposed expenditure* or levies The ordinance fixing the salaries of policemen al 12.590. chief of po lice. |2.99<>. and firemen 825011 an Dually, wax approved by the council. The fire chief receives an ad dltlonal 8200 for his duties The 1951 budget totals 8H8.094 sThe general fund rate of 99 oents on each 81< HI will produce approximately 888.1*0 and a I'M-enl levy for the park department wlll nns . dace about 8* 778. figured on the perty of 8X 778 .Sts "City clerk treasure* H Vewuui Aurand will certify the city’s budget and tax rate to the county tax i adjustment board, which convenes I September 11. Infant Killed As Auto Hits Pole Marlon Ind.. Aug 29 - (UP) A five-months-old Muncie girl. Carolyn Sue Baitey. was killed last night and three other persons in Jured when the car in which they were riding went out of control on V. S. 25. five miles south of JoneQvoro. and atrnck a utility pole. Sheriff Bowman Is Home From Hospital Sheriff Herman Bowman returned this afternoon from the Lutheran Hospital in “Fort Wayne, where he had hi* left Teg amputated a week ago. Sheriff Bowman was able to be up .a little at the hospital. but he will have to lake It easy for a month or io.

Cites Unprecedented Mobilization Speed Johnson Defended At VFW's Parley Chicago. Aug. 29 -(UP)-— Assistamt defense secretarv Marx Leva 1 lold the Veteirans oi Foreim 'Wan today that mobilixatlon for the Korean par bas proceeded at a pace unprecedented in the nation’s military history lx*va. addressing flie VFW's an-j nuai convention, cited facts de-1 sighed to answer VFW leaders who* have demanded- the ouster of his boss.' defense-swetary- Louis -Johnson A resolution den[anding the ouster is scheduled for )a vote by delegate** whu listened to -Leva's speech le-va made no mention of Gen Douglas MacArthur's controversial message to the VFW bn the strategic importance of Formosa, which prompted President Truman to de man Ils withdrawal Nor did he refer specifically to demands for Johnson's ouster But he cited "specific llfustrations of what has been accomplished These, he said, include. 1 The mnrd crossing of the Pacific hy the aircraft carrier Boxer in eight days with a load of 147 air force planes, 2 The fact that one infantry regimental combat team "arrived on the field of battle on the other side of the world 19 days after ft was alerted In this country " r .1 The launching of an air force mission against Korean targets only eight days after the units were started in the U S 4 The speed with which the newantitank rocket, developed last spring, was put into production and shipped to ' Korea, arriving with trained personnel July 18. Leva said MacArthur's requests JrasquenUy are received by the Joint chiefs of staff in"Washlngton. acted upon and approved by Johnson and President Truman "all in lhe same day." Resume Pouring Os Cone re te Wednesdoy Pouring of concrete on the new storage silos at the Central Soya Co. will be resumed at 8 o'clock Wednesday mornlijg, following suspension of the work Monday at 8:30 a in. A cable on the cement hoist broke Monday morning, dropping the full load to the ground and forcing a hall •« the work' Noone was near the spot where lhe hoist fell and consequently there Were no injuries Officials staled that 87 feet of concrete have been poured since the work was started last Thursday. Marion Tree Trimmer Is Electrocuted Wabash. Ind.. Aug. 28 -(UPJT — A trww trimmer. Will McClain of Marion, was killed yesterday when he touched a power line carrying 88.04)0 volts.

Outnumbered American, South Korean Forces Battling Desperately

- - , .10. ... ... y Bridges’ Union Is Expelled From CIO Ousted As Follower Os Communist Line Washington. Aug 2k-r (UP) The CIO expelled Harry Bridges and his International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s union .today for following the communist line. By a vote of 41 to 2. the CIO executive board headed by CIO president Philip Murray threw out the stormy west coast labor leader and hl* unit*. The Imard also expelled the west ccuist fishermans union, which recently merged with I Bridges" organization The Australian-lcorn Bridges recent ly was convicted of swearing falsely that he was not a communist when he applied for V S. citizenship He Is free on ball pending appeal. The ouster was voted on the rei onitneudatioii of a apMttl (TO hearing committee The commit* tec* took testimony in May showing that Bridges "over a period of year*, participated in numerous secret meetings between commun--1 ixt party functionaries and officer* of communlst-contrccllecl unions in . Hie CIO." i At those meet bigs according to i the testimony of Michael J. Quill. • of the transport workers union * and M. Hedley Stone of the national maritime union, communist "7 , Twsu T-r—s Ms) —- —-— _jat John Yager Funeral Thursday Morning Retired Decatur Merchant Is Dead Funeral services for John II Yager. 98. retired furniture mer chant and eldest member of. a pioneer Decatur family will l»* field at 9 ant Thursday at St Mary's Catholic church, with the Very R**v Msgr J J Seimetz. pastor, officiating Burial will Ice j tn the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Vag>r'x death occurred Monday afternoon at lhe Yager home. ?4<> South Second street Death was attributed tp infirmities. He iud been bedfast about six weeks The body will he moved from the Gillig and Doan funeral home to the Yager residence and friends may call after K o'clock th’is evening. When he was three years old Mr Yager "moved here with hi» parents in 1865 from Tiffin. Ohio, He was a son of Leopold and Christine Wall Yager and was icorn in Tiffin, March 7. 1862 His father was a cabinet maker and later branched into the furni furs business. Th 18V9. the father formed a partnership with hi*son* and operated rhe retail establlshment under the name of L Yager A Sons. Following hi* death the store was known as Yager Brothers An undertaking establishment also was operated by the Yager*. ■ . ' Mr , Yager., was actively identified with the business and fraternal life of the city He was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus and the Decatur B. P O Elk* He wa» a Fourth degree knight and with, hl* lifelong mem benihip in St Mary’s church', was affiliated with the Holy Name »oThe Yager store was operated by )(r Yager and hi* brother, the late Herman Yager. They retired | in 1835 and remodeled the Yager building, now occupied by Gambles ', As ,a’ young man. Mr Yager served ax a volunteer fireman oh the city's manually drawn hose and ladder outfit, which preceded the more modern horse propelled pumper Mr. Yager Is enrvlVed by one brother. Leo Yager, chairman of the board of the Citizens Telephone company Twee brother* and one sister are deceased

Message Sent By President To MacArthur Outlines Policy On Island Os Formosa To Gen. MacArthur Washington. Aug 29.—(UP)*— President Truman today made sure that Gen. Douglas MacArthur knows exactly what this country’* policy is on Formosa He dispatched to the far east commander a copy of a letter hr sent Sunday to Warren R. Austrn. U S. representative In the United Nations. Mr Truman's message to MacArthur followed a presidential directive that the general withdraw a statement on Formosa which MacArthur bad sent th the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Chica'go Wil bout comment,. ' the White House released a Copy of Mr Truman's message to MacArthur, sent 1 this nooning "J am sending you for your infor- • mation the text of a letter which I 1 sent to ambassador Austin dated Aug 27 1 am swre fhwt whew yon » examine this letter, and the lutter *■ which' liniWssaaor Austin aMreus- » ed to Trygve Lie on Aug 25 (a • copy of which I am told was sent • your headquarter* that night i. you _ will understand mr action of-Hte-26th in directing the withdrawal of your message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars was nwesaary. "Gen. T7oillns and Adm, Sherman . have gH-en. me a ™mpt ehensive re port on their convyrsaMon* - with you and otjlreir visit to the United j Nations force* now fighting under | your command in Kones Their re , ports were‘most satisfactory and; highly gratifying to me’’ Then the President appended the text of his letter to Austin In today s message to MacArthur., the President seized an opportunity] to take the edge off hi* rebuke ovur the Formosa statement by referring to the recent far eastern visit of : Gen J Lawton Collin*, army chief of staff, and Adm Forrest P Sherman. chief oL..n*va> operations. His statement that their report* were most satisfactory and highly' gratifying to me" appeared to bej <Twew T» rows ata.) ,9 Three Girls leave For Home Ec School Won Fair Trips On 4-H Achievements Three Adam* county young Indies left this morning for the state ’ fair home TwWWßlWl—Wlront—nuff 1 L u days of home education. The ' girl*, who won their trip on a 4-H achievement basis. are Arlene 1 Balsiger, Rosalyn Wagner. and 1 Patsy Johnson Arlene Balslger. daughter of I Mr and. Mrs. Forrest Balslger of Berne, is a member of the Berne •Jolly Workers. She has finished • 24 projects in seven years of 4-H 1 work She also served as presif dent of the Jolly Workers in 1948 and 1949 She completer! seven ' clothing projects, two baking projects. three victory projects, five 1 food preparation projects five ■ canning project* and two junior leader 1 Patsy, Johnson. daughter of Mr ’ and Mrs Harley Johnson of Jes--1 ferson township, completed 21 r projects In six years of club work. ' She is a mernler of the Jefferson Work and Win clnh. Patsy, who is president of her 1 club this year, alao waa president ' In 1947 and 1948 She served as I vice-president in 1944 and 1949 I She completed the following project* five clothinc, three can* • nine four food preparation, one ' poultry, five baking, two garden Ing. and one junior leader ‘ Rosalyn Wagner daughter of <Tsra Te ■**•« Mat

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City Is Virtually ~~ Encircled By Red Troops; Action Is Flaming On Front Tokyo. Wednesday. Aug SO. — (I'P> Outnumbered American and south Korean forces fought desperately today to save Pohang, a ghost city" already virtually eacircled b> communist drives from the north and west. A nirtti Korean prisoner said the commanding red general had been given until 6 a m (2 pm ("ST Tuesday) to take the ruined port or to die 4- - Action flamed for 4<l mites along the northern front. An enemy battalion attacked south Korean second corps units in the vicinity of t'ihung. western end of the line from Pohang Elements of the eighth south Korean division were meeting strong resistance in a counter-attack us their own to retake lost ground in the vicinity of Chidong-Nl. midway between Nuihung and Pohang. But It was at Pohang that the greatest action wa** taking plane United Press corn-spondent Rote ert Bennyhoff described Pohang aa a "ghost city." evacuated by its population for the third time In three weeks and with only*-* thia- ' defense force left tn the cWy. - South Korean and American Im 1 fantrymen, supported by st*. Pershr lag tank* and artillery, battled Afopartßely to' reopen the main' ‘ road west to Taegu 1 Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s mid 1 night communique aaid an enemy "platoon cm the highway between Pohang and Angang-Ni, nine mites j to the southwest The red forces closing In on Po I hang numbered an estimated ?s.«*a men- and were driving fr/>»i - leak ..- I I north and west against defenders I who probably totaled no more than • south Korean* and a smaM < | force of Americans. I "the eoipnfunlque said friendly forces" Were reported -making stow progress .against constant enemy resistance north of Pohang. but the !-report dM-’not coincide with word 'from the front. If was prohaMe that .headquarters reports »ttl! worn » tralmg events The communists apparently were throwing their heaviest attack dowtf a ridge which runs northeast 'to southwest and ends .at the highj way just one and a half miles he- ■ yond-tht* weovrn outskirts of hangDuring the night, one communist spearhead knifed to within 3m) yards of the center of Pohang. but a south Korean counterattack aid ed by an air assault, threw them back Refugees streaming out of Po hang lined the beach for hundreds of yards near the now almbst-de-' serted United States airstrip, five miles south of Pohang But the defenders would noi let them ap proach too dose for fear some of them might be communist guer rlllaX. ~ On the southern front, the com* munique said patrols of the 25tb di vision fought with commwnlst forews naar Chingon-Myoa late yesterday.'and reported "considerable" euemy activity in the area Ip the air war. B-29 superfort resses swept to within 60 miles of the Russian binder to plaster the north Korean railway center of Seishin with 230 ton* of bombs. The bomb* struck Marshalling yards railroad sbopsTind terminal* with "excellent” results ~- The first Infantry reinforcements from Britain arrived-today, to the skirling of Scottish bagpipes The ftewh troops -moved immediately into a field camp neat: the front "somewhere in Kotea " The communist toad block at Pahang was only a mile' and -a half outside the dt) ■ • * ' I WEATHER Considerable cloudlneaa. scattered showers and thundwrahowers east ard south thia afternoon, south tonight and in extreme south Wednesday Not much change In temperature. Low tonight 80 north. 85 south. High Wednesday upper 70’s, north 80 south, x